Marvel's Kevin Feige Avoids 'Iron Man' Drama in Twitter Chat

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Robert Downey Jr. with Kevin Feige

The studio president was happy to answer questions about Tony Stark's armor, and the fictional billionaire's preferred karaoke song -- but not whether the unsigned Robert Downey Jr. or other stars would return.

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige played it straight during Friday's Twitter chat sponsored by Verizon FiOS, answering fan questions about the making of Iron Man 3 but avoiding questions about deal-making with talent for future installments.

Also avoided was a question about whether American audiences will ever see the special Chinese cut of the movie, or about future possible movies with Marvel characters such as Daredevil or Black Panther.

Many fans asked questions about why Ben Kingsley's Mandarin differed so much from the comics, though, and there were requests that Iron Man and Marvel visit Japan.

Feige did offer some teases -- saying the reason that spy agency SHIELD wasn’t seen in Iron Man 3 will be revealed in future films, and that Extremis, the superhuman affliction, will reappear in a future Marvel project.

My favorite question?

Jeremy Henderson (@ChamberJeremy) asked the following:

@iron_man Why choose Chattanooga, America's first city to have gig-a-second Internet, for the faulty Intenet scence? #FiOSIM3Chat